Dispensing means for fountain brushes



Dec. 8, 1953 H. w. APPELL i DISPENSING MEANS FOR FOUNTAIN BRUSHES FiledNOV. '7, 1949 4 a.. lv z z J 3' INVENTOR ffWip/be ZZ BY y? ATTORNEYS'Patented Dec. 8, 1953 OFFICE. i

. DISPENSING MEANS Fon FOUNTAIN BRUSHES p Y f- Herbert W. Appell,MattapamMass. A y 'y Application November 7,1949,seria1No.125,907

i claim; (o1. 222-341) This inventionl relates :to fountain shavingbrushes.

' An object of this invention is to provide Sin a shaving brush, meanswhereby liquid soap may be discharged into fthe bristles in vmeasuredamounts.

Another object of this invention is to provide a fountain brush forliquid soap which embodies a supply chamber and a delivery cham-ber witha spring-pressed valve normally closing the communication between thechambers, forward movement of the valve eecting communication betweenthe chambers and simultaneously closing the delivery port of thedelivery chamber, the delivery port being opened when the valve isreleased to assume its normal position.

With the Iabove and other objects in view, my invention consists in thearrangement, combinaftion and details of construction disclosed in thedrawing and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawing,

Figure l is a detail side elevation of a fountain shaving brushconstructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 2 2 of Figure l,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I designates generally acylindrical brush body formed with a head or outer end I l within whichbristles I2 are firmly secured. The head or end II is provided with acentrally disposed opening I3 through which soap or the like is adaptedyto -be discharged.

A cylindrical fluid reservoir -I4 telescopes within the body IIl and isprovided with a forward wall I5 having an opening I6 therethrough. A capgenerally designated as I'I is threaded on the inner or rear end of thereservoir I4, being formed with an annular internally threaded flangeI8, and a wall I9.

A flared skirt 20 extends from the ange I8 and Serves as a base orsupp-ort for the brush when the latter is not in use. The reservoir I4has projecting from the forward end thereof a cylindrical chamber 2 I,formed with a forward wall 22 having an opening 23 axially aligning withthe outlet opening I3. The chamber 2I constitutes a measuring chamberwithin which a quantity of liquid soap is ada-pted to be discharged, andsubsequently discharged from chamber 2l through opening 23 and opening-I3 into the bristles I2.

A cylindrical valve plug 24 isadapted to normally engage in the openingI6 and is connected 'with` a plunger 25 by means of a relatively 'smalldiameter stem 26 which has a diameter substantially smal-ler than thediameter of opening I6. A spring 21 is interposed between the wall I5and the forward end of plunger 25 and constantly urges the plunger 25and the Valve member 24 rearwardly to maintain the valve member 24 inclosed position with respect to the valve port I6.

A stud 28 project-s from the rear end of the plunger 25, looselyengaging through opening 29 formed in the cap wall I9, and a flexible orcompressib-le gasket 30 is disposed on the stud 28, bearing against therear end of the plunger 25 and adapted to normally bear against theforward or inner side of the wall I 9.

In the use and operation of this brush, liquid soap S is discharged intothe `reservoir I4 by removing the cap I'I. At this time the valve member24 will be in closed position with respect to y the delivery opening orport I6. When it is desired to discharge soap into the bristles I2, thestud or operator 28 is pushed inwardly moving the plunger 215 and thevalve mem-ber 24 forwardly. The forward end of the valve member -24 willat this time be disposed within the delivery opening 23 so as to closethis opening, whereas the stem 26 will be positioned within the area ofthe opening or port I5, thereby permitting the soap in reservoir yI4 toflow into the delivery chamber 2l. The soap in 'chamber 2| is dischargedinto the bristles I 2 by holding thedevice in the position shown inFigures 1 and 2, and releasing the plunger 25. With release of plunger25, valve member 24 will move upwardly to closed position by action ofspring 2'I and delivery port 23 will ibe opened so that the liquid soapin chamber 2l may flow downwardly into the bristles I2, through openingor port I3.

The brush hereinbefore described will provide a means whereby liquidsoap may be dispensed to the bristles of a shaving brush or the like inmeasured quantities.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of constructionherein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview ofthe appended claim.

A dispensing means for a fountain brush comprising a reservoir havingspaced front and rear walls, said front wall being formed with adelivery port, a discharge chamber carried by said reserf Voir andprojecting forwardly of said front wall, said chamber including a wallrimposed to and spaced from the front wall of the reservoir and having adischarge port aligned with said delivery port, a valve plug slidable insaid delivery port, a plunger in said reservoir, a stem connecting saidvalve plug with said plunger, a stud xed to said plunger and extendingslidably through the rear Wall of the reservoir, a spring positionedbetween the plunger and the front wall of the reservoir and constantlyurging-said vaveplg 'to closed position" with respect td said deliveryport, said Valve plug being at least equal to the length of thedischarge chamber and being of substantially" the same cross sectionalsize asthedeliveryand discharge ports to seal oi said ports when posi-rtioned therein whereby movement ofsaid plunger and valve plug towardsthe front Wall of tHe-rese# Y voir moves the valve plugfinto saidvdschargef port to close oi said discharge port while simultaneouslydisposing said valve plug in operrposif s 4 material in said reservoirthrough said delivery port.

HERBERT W. APPELL.

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